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FLICS - Flystrike & Lice IPM Control Strategies

Below is the program and all the individual papers for the conference, they are divided into the ten sessions of the conference, and in order of presentation titles and speakers.  To view the paper from each speaker use the highlighted link.  Abstracts for each paper from each session are viewable using the link "All session X abstracts "


The Program

 
Wool Pesticide Residues All session 1 abstracts
Pesticide Residue Situation in Europe Mike Madden
Ecolabels: An opportunity to identify low residue wool in the market place Ian Russell
Pesticide residues on Australian wool Tony Brightling
Progress report on the NRA review of Sheep Ectoparasiticides and related Organophosphate reviews Joan Ashton
Validating the assumptions in the Australian NRA environmental risk assessment protocol for sheep ectoparasiticides Ian Russell
Integrating "Best Practice" chemicals use and residues management with regulation - a challenge for both the wool industry and the NRA Joan Ashton
The potential to value add to the Australian residue monitoring survey Di Evans
Wool residue breakdown model: wool blending models to estimate sale lot maximum concentrations and wool harvesting intervals Brian Horton
Biology and population dynamics All session 2 abstracts
The biology of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) - an update Keith Wardhaugh
The utilisation of carcasses by Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) as a breeding site in Tasmania Mick Lang
Factors affecting the incidence of flystrike - the description and analysis of data from three separate geographical areas in eastern Australia Keith Wardhaugh
The development of a predictive model for spring emergence of Lucilia cuprina Lynette Mcleod
Biology and population dynamics of sheep lice: Implications for control Peter James
Chemicals All session 3 abstracts
The NRA's role in the regulation of Sheep Ectoparasiticides Katie O'Brien
The registration and label approval process for sheep ectoparasiticides Linden Moffatt
Ecology, evolution and the effective use of pesticides John McKenzie
Implications of insecticide resistance to the control of flystrike and lice on sheep Garry Levot
Sheep lice and the economic production of low residue wool Peter James
Fleece distribution at shearing from an off-shears application of an IGR backline treatment Ian Russell
Diazinon residues in soil following surface disposal of spent dip wash Garry Levot
Chemical application All session 4 abstracts
Company stewardship of ectoparasiticides BC Hosking
Development of an insect development inhibitor for the control of Bovicola ovis in sheep Nicholas Sherwood
The use of Spinosad in integrated pest management systems.  The tactical control of blowfly strike and salvage treatment of lousy sheep with long wool. Jim Rothwell
A summary of laboratory and field collected data on the efficacy provided by a diflubenzuron spray-on formulation against sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina Ian Ridley
Improving the performance of Automatic Jetting Races (AJRs) for the protection of sheep from flystrike Roger Lund
Improved design and use of shower and plunge dipping equipment for the eradication of sheep body lice (Bovicola ovis) Roger Lund
Changes in concentrations of Diazinon in shower and plunge dip dip-wash using constant replenishment Roger Lund
Low residue Diprite dipping with the Richards Immersion-Cage sheep dip David Chandler
New Technology All session 5 abstracts
Sheep susceptibility and immune response to lice: potential for manipulation Peter James
Progress on vaccination against the sheep blowfly Vern Bowles
A novel approach to vaccination against the sheep blowfly Vern Bowles
Genetic control of Lucilia cuprina, past and present options Rod Mahon
Biological control of flystrike: use of live bacterial vectors to deliver insecticidal proteins and insecticidal double stranded RNA Robert Moore
The application of Wolbachia genomics to the control of flystrike Tim Doran
Novel protease inhibitors for control of sheep blowfly and other insects Mark Sandeman
Novel targets for control of the sheep blowfly and other insect pests Vern Bowles
Fly-traps All session 6 abstracts
Improving the Lucitrap and Lucilure Rudolph Urech
Flytrapping in Tasmania: Effective use of traps in a cool temperate climate Brian Horton
Blowfly traps and prevention of flystrike: The New Zealand experience ACG Heath
The application of trapping, using the Lucitrap system, in an integrated blowfly management program in South Africa Ansie Scholtz
Use of Lucitraps by groups of woolgrowers to control flystrike M Ward
Flytrapping in Tasmania: use of traps for flystrike control and monitoring fly populations Brian Horton
Estimating population densities of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from catches in wind-oriented traps Keith Wardhaugh
'Baitbins', Time Series Analysis and Lucilia cuprina. Lynette McLeod
Lice management All session 7 abstracts
Lice Eradication groups - Reducing chemical dependence by eradicating lice on a district basis Ted Scarlett
Local lice action groups - can they work Di Evans
Optimising the sensitivity of sheep inspection for detecting lice Peter James
Development of a lice detection test for "on-farm" use Wojtek Michalski
Partial flock treatments as a strategy for low residue long wool louse control Peter James
Liceman - a decision making computer program Ted Scarlett
Flystrike management  All session 8 & 9 abstracts
The cutting edge (An account of mulesing in Tasmania) Alan Jones
Future options to reduce reliance on surgical mulesing John Karlsson
A benefit-cost analysis of the Mules operation to the Australian sheep flock David Counsell
Specialist forages - a role in flystrike management? Dave Leathwick
Breeding for resistance to flystrike  All session 8 & 9 abstracts
Breeding for resistance to fly strike Ian Colditz
Blowfly strike of Merino sheep in relation to selection strategy, as well as to objective and subjective wool traits Schalk Cloete
Current research by NSW Agriculture on the genetics of flystrike resistance Sue Mortimer
Flystrike resistance in the breeding programs of ram breeding flocks Sue Mortimer
Flystrike resistance in breeding programs for commercial flocks Sue Mortimer
Farming Systems All session 10 abstracts
Farmer attitudes to external parasite control R. Murray-Prior
Farmer perceptions of flystrike Jan Horton
Wool producer knowledge of flystrike control Jan Horton
Some current sheep management strategies for low residue fly and lice control Jan Horton
Queensland producers' needs in relation to fly and lice control Wendy McLeish
The Sheeplink activity - A strategy for managing blowflies and lice in dry tropical pastoral regions Wendy McLeish
Changes in management practices and pesticides used by Queensland producers to control blowflies and lice R. Armstrong
What is the likely impact of farmer training Di Evans 
The potential application of HACCP based management systems Di Evans
Using IPM for sustainable ectoparasite control John Karlsson
Towards an integrated sheep parasite decision support system. Part I. Sheep blowfly strike Gunter Maywald